Oil-stove.



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WILLIAM R. JEAVONS, or CLEVELAND, omo,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 20, 1909. Serial No.

Patented July 12, 1910. 513,739.

To all 'Milioni if mail concern.' l

Bc it liiiown thzit l, Vi inutili R. Jitivoxs,

'n citizen of the United States, residing at ("Ilei'ehind. in the enmity of' Cuyahoga and Smitof Ohio, hzire invented :incertain new :intl nset'nl liiiprofeinent in (ibbtovcs, of which the i`ollnvi'iii; r is n fnll, clear, and exni-t description, reference being had to the m'i-oziiiinirving drniiine's. I

'i This invention relates to burners which :ire employed in heating stoves uni'lliiinps, sind more especiziiiy to burners which nre nscil in .stoves known io the trade ns smokeless hunters Burners of this type :ire provided with distributors mounted within .the top ot'v the inner wick tube. and progeetmg thereiibove. find, :is heretofore constrncredf the dislrilniter hns been provided with 1 rod projeetinrgl` through the spreader plate o i the distributor und provided thereribovewwith a stop nnt, the lower end of me roti oeing anchored to :i siiitible traine or splnler extending across the inner wick time :riva suitable distiinee below` the top thereof. lne

nir distrihutei hiis` also been provided with a flange, iidzipted to restupon the top ofvthe wick und cinihle thc distribnter to fonow the Wiel; in its excursions, resting upon the tops of 'the wit-li tnbes ivlien the wick is turned down. 'When the wick is turned np und the spreader plaie engages the stop nut referred to, said tlzinge .serves as a stof to limit the nnixiinnni operative height. ot the wick. The range ot' movement of the iin' distribntei' is sinrh that', when the apre-toer pluie engiigestliestop mit,tlie Wick exposnre will provide for the maximum' ilanie lor whiehthe stove or heater is designed. An instance of siii-.li ai store is shown in vniy lzitentr No. 906.387, issued December lritli, 1908.

It is the purpose of the present. in i'entifm to improve upon thenniniwr pi importing the disti'ilinter in the. inner ii'iei-i'tiilnr, where; bv the didribiner msiv he onsiiy removed i'ivnnil'its operniiie pmnion :onli retti-ence :o the' wit-lc tnhe :ind eozn'eniently r: nzjeiii'ffi then-into iinil. when :he wif-k 1H frm: 1.1,., distrili'nter will :wins :i .stop for :the wies: mid, vin ense the wiel: shiinl'il binn '.it one sido more thun the other. nnnnng it. in'rn np nnevenly, the flange engaged by the highest portion of the. top of the wirk will be rimintiiined parallel with the tops of the wick tubes'and will prevent further elevation of i l i i l i i i i i i l l i' i i l l -i the highest portion of the Wick, causing the lower portion to be elevated by the. Wick raiser into Contact. With the lanee. The top of thev wick will thus be para lel with the tops of the wick tubes, whereby an even llame `will be produced, notwithstanding the tendency of the wiel; to bind, as z ibove described.

I accomplish the forefroing objects by the construction illustratef in the drawings forming zi part. hereof, wherein` Figure l represents an elevation of a portion of zi stove or heater, the casing bein broken away and the nir distributer ang certain portions of the burner parts being shown in elevation; Fig. 2 represents an enlzirgixl sectional View of the upper portion of' zi burner having my invention applied thereto, certain parts of the distributer and the locking member bein shown in elevation; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the wick Lubes and locking frame carried thereby, iooking upward.

Describing the parts by reference churaeters, 1 represents the base of a lamp or heater, 2 the drum thereof, 3 the oil reservoir, :ind 4 and 5 the inner and outer Wick tubes, respectively. fitliin the wink tubes there is located the Alocking frame, said frnnie compri. ing a ring 6, which is secured to the inner Wick tube, as by soldering, and spider arms 7 projecting inwardly from said ring. Three equi-distantiy-spuced arms are slioii'n, and at least this number of arms xshould be employed in order to attain the results liereinbefore described.

S denotes the air distributer, 'said distribiiter comprising a vertically extending sliei'e 9 of perforated materia projecting doiinii-nrflly within the top ofA the inner wiel: tube and having suitably secured thereto the wick-engaging flange l0, which projects laterally into the pzith of the wick and rests mi its top surface when the fick is raised :iboi'e the tops of the wick tubes. The tinnge 1U muy be conveniently carried hy :nifl project ontii'zirdly from ai. skirt 11, thi lower cnil of `which is secured to the end o1" the :sleeve 5) in any sntsilile manner, as li".y pressing outwardly the metal of the latter. :is .shown :it l2. v A

ifi :len-wies the spreader plate, 14'a. `ilan0e irhiih nm)- liiconveniently ine' the nii-nil of the slcei'o 9 outwardly, the flange' H- serving to protect the flange 10 I 'l'hv snrfarvs 2t) will all hc in thv sama l hnrizvntal hlanv ta tnning that thv attnv is will Ainniltanvtnhly vngagv thv lnwvr nur farvs nt' thv arm T :ital tinrit thv vlvt'atinn nt' tht` wirk. lly ttt-milling -tt lvast thrvv v nrh ttrl'avv-4 Nt. with a rnriv-|inntlng tnnnhvr ut' artn\` thv tliatrihntvt vannnt hv tiltvtl, hat will maintain thv tlangv ttt in a ltnriznntal planv, parallvl in tav nphvr vntls nt' thv wirk tnhv\ wht-n thv li trihntvt ha hvvn raisvtt tu ita nppvr limit nl' mnrvtnvnt hj.' thv wirk. notwithstanding irrvlnlaritivsA in thv wirk. 'l'his i an important fvatnrv nt' my inrvvtinn ainvv. itl thv wirk hnnhl ahnt at inv .-itlv (as ia t'rvqnvntl)v thv raser). thv nppwitv sitlv ot' thv wirk will risc fret-ly amt will lit't thv tlistrihntvr nntil thv lattvr l is arrv tvtl in thv mannvr tlvsrrihvtl. l^`nr thvr hln-ration nt' thv wirk raiser t'ill ranav that ptn-tion vt' thv wirk whirl: was tvtnpnrarity hnnnti tu vngagv tht` ttangv tt) antl. thvv tlangv tt) hvin`r hnriznntal tnparallvl with thv tops of thv. wivk tnhvs. it fullnws that thv` tup of the ivk will thvn also hv ltnrizmv tal nr parallvt with thv tnps nf thv wivk tnbvs.

llaving thu# tlvsvrihvtl my in\'vntinn, what I vlaitn is:

l. tn an oill hnrnvr. thv vnmhinatinn vt' an itmvr :intl an mttvr wivk tnhv, a wirk thvrvhvtwvvn. a rvrtirally tnm'ahlv air tliretrihntvr. :l tnvrnhvr prnjvrtin;lr untwartlly from saitt tliatrihntvr atnl atlaptvtt tt tvst npnn thv tvp nf thv wirk atnl nnwv thvrvwith. and tnvans for limitingA thv vlvvatinn ut' thv wirk to its maxinnnn npvratirv hvight. saitl mvans vompriSingr at lrast thrvv lurking tnvmhvrs within thv innvr wirk tnhv :nal a lnrmhvr ttvpvntlin; r t'rnm thv tlistrihntvr :tml having a rnrrvhpnnrling nlnnhvr nf tln\\'n\\'artlll\ vxtvtnlingl` prnjvrtinns. vat-h prttivrtinn having a latvrally vxtvntliin;- lurkingr ptn-tina atlantvtl tn vngag'v nnv nl saitl lurking ntvmhvlxsl from hvnvath atnl an inrlinvtl nr vant purtinn un thv. ttttpnsitv iitlv nt' thv tn'ttivrtinn t'rnm thv lurking pm'tinn thvrvnt' anti :nlaptvtt to antntnativallt' rntatv thv tliatrilnltvl' tu hrin;r thv lurking pnrtinns nl' thv prnjvrtinns ntnlvr thv apprnpriatv lnrl\'in} r ntvtnhvrs. .sai'l lurking pnrtinns livinr :trrangvtl to vngagv thvir rorrvspmnling r lot-kin;r mvmhvrs whvn thv wirk is vlvtatrtl tu it maximum npvrativv hvig'ht'.

2. la an oil hnrnvr. thv vmnhinatinn nf an innvr atnl an tmtvr wirk tnhv. :t wirk thvrvhvtwvvn` a vtrtirallv mm'ahlv air tlistrihtttvr. a nivmhvr prnjvvting nntwartlly lrnnt saitl tlihtrihntvr and atlaptvtl tu rvaty npnn thv tn!) nl' thv wirk :mtl mmv thvrvwitlt. atnl mvans fur limiting thv vlvt'atinn nl' thv wirk to its tnaxinmm npvratirv livight, saitl invanfl rompt-isili;r :tt laatst. tl-rvv. lurking xnvtnhviz; within thv itmvr wirk rnhv :nnl :t mvmhvr tlvpvntlngfrom thv 'tti trihntvr thereoffsaid inciined surfaces bein and having a corresponding' number of downwardly extending projeetlon having a lateral y extending locklng portion adapted to engage one of'said locking members from beneath, each. rojection havin an inclined surface exten ing from its locking porton to the lower end of the projection and each projection also having'a surface which is inclinedl inthe oppo site direction from the former surface and extending upwardly from the lower end adapted to automatically rotate the distributer to bring the'lock-ing portionsof the projections thereof 'under the appropriate loc ing members, said locking portions, being arranged to engage their corresponding locking mem bers when the wick 1s elevated to its maximum operative height.

8. In an oil burner,.the combination of an inner and an outer vwick tube, a wick .therebeiweem a vertically movable air distributr, a flange' projectimy outwardly from said distribnter and adapted to rest u on `25i and means for limiting the elevation of the the top of the wick and move therewith,

wick to its maximum operative height, said means comprising at least three anchorinv members within the inner wick tube, sai

anchoring members being substantially equidistantly spaced., andV a like number of similarly .spaced locking members depending from the distributer and each having' a lat- #ei-ally extending locking portion adapted to engage beneath an anchoring member and each having an inclined or cam surface wick is elevated t0 its 'maximum operative height.

4. lnan oil burner, the combination of an` inner and an outer wick tube, a. wick therebetween, a vertically movable -air distribnter, a member projecting outwardly .'from .saidA distribnter and adapted to rest upon the top ot the wick and move thererejections, each members -anchoring member, all of sai with, and means for limiting the elevation of the wick to its maximum operative hei rht, said means eomprisin at least three anc oring members within t e inner wick tube, the lower surfaces of Said anchoring members Abeing in substantially the same` horizontal lane, and u plurality of locking' ependiiw fromthe distributer' and each having a laterally extending lock`l ing portion adapted to enga e beneath an' locking portions being in substantially the same horizontal plane, and each locking member having an inclined or cam sai-face adapted to engage ananclioring member and antof matically rotate the distributer to bring thel locking portions beneathv the anchoring members, said locking portions being so arranged as to engage their corresponding anchoring members when the wick is ele- 7 vated to its maxinmm operative height.

5. In an oil burner, the combination of an inner and an outer wick tube, a wick therebetween, an air distributer havinga member. projecting laterally therefrom and 7; adapted to rest ontop of the wickand .form a stop to limit the elevation of the wick to its maximum operativeheight, anchoring means secured to the inner wick tube, means carried by the distributor and projecting 8( within the wick tube and adapted to engage the anchorin means at at least three points to limit the enel/ation of the projcetingmembei' to the maximum operative height of the wick and to maintain the aforesaid member parallel with the tops of the wiel; tubes when the distributer is thus elevated and means carried by and operative by the weightof the distribnter and' adapted to automatically bring into operative relation 9o the interengaging portions of the distributer and the anchoring means. l

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. j I WILLT1 \M R. JEAVONS.

Witnesses: O

J. B. Hum., -l

A -nnmlax B. lvl-mfr." 

